[HALUG] We apologize for multiple messages

[J. D. Stevens]

To subscribers to halug at stevens.com:

I, Dave Stevens <dave at stevens.com>, apologize for the multiple messages 
regarding the upcoming meeting.

The leaders of your group did not make mistakes in notifying you of the 
upcoming meeting. However, there were some problems with the list server 
at STEVENS.COM, Inc.

The lists we manage are generally tuned for groups that generate several 
messages each month. Because of that tuning, we tend not to cull bad 
addresses from the subscription list for halug at stevens.com.

  halug at stevens.com is a list with very low volume. As a result, about 
80 of the 674 addresses on the list appear to be bad addresses. The 
bounces from those addresses began circulating through the mail server 
at STEVENS.COM. With all of the spam checking and reporting that we do 
for each message, the bounces and responses to the bounces caused a 
chain reaction that overloaded the server. The result was a mess that 
included sending messages to legitimate subscribers several times.

We have adjusted parameters to mitigate the problem. As a result about 
80 addresses have been disabled because email to them bounced. 
Unfortunately a few legitimate addresses may have been dropped, but for 
the most part, the dropped addresses are obsolete addresses.

In all cases, the messages bounced for some good reason. If the messages 
bounced once as a "hard" bounce or twice as a "soft" bounce, the email 
address was disabled on the list. A "hard" bounce is a message that the 
email address doesn't work. A "soft" bounce is a message that there is a 
temporary problem.

We will continue to provide email list services to HALUG and some other 
groups as long as we can provide a service that is considered valuable 
by your leadership. It is a free service to organizations that we 
support. The service allows your leaders freedom from dealing with email 
list management issues.

We will continue to try to serve you well and properly. There will be a 
few glitches, but we will try to keep those to a minimum. Enjoy 
halug at stevens.com and use it to your advantage.

   Dave
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Dave Stevens       Dave at Stevens.COM
STEVENS.COM, Inc.  713-419-0313
Houston, TX, USA   http://www.stevens.com